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Evan Griffith Dando (born March 4 1967) is an United States|American musician, most famous for fronting the alternative rock band The Lemonheads. Today, he is the only original member left in the current Lemonheads line-up, having served as lead singer since the band's original formation in 1986. He has been married to English fashion model Elizabeth Moses since 2000.
Biography
Early life and education
Evan Dando was born in Boston, Massachusetts|Boston, Massachusetts, the son of a fashion model and a real estate attorney. During his youth, Dando had gravitated towards such influential '80s punk outfits as Hüsker Dü and the Replacements. For high school, he attended the Commonwealth School, in Boston. Dando enrolled at Skidmore College, but he could not maintain his grades and dropped out to pursue a career as a musician.
The Lemonheads
Along with school friend Ben Deily, he formed The Lemonheads at the Commonwealth School in Boston circa 1986. At this stage they played punk rock, and were briefly known as the Whelps, until a name change in 1987 led to the birth of the Lemonheads, after a candy which Dando noted was sweet on the outside, and sour on the inside, possibly a metaphor for the band's sound. Their first recording as a group was titled ''Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners.'' After being signed by local label Taang! The Lemonheads released the albums ''Ha... read all
